April 25, 2015

An investigative report from the New York Times and a new book by Peter Schweizer called, “Clinton Cash” has revealed a scandal of greed, bribery, and treason by the Clintons, which, by all accounts, would put the average American in jail for several years.

In a secret deal with the Clintons, the investigative report revealed that 20% of America’s uranium deposits, which could be used to make nuclear weapons, were sold through a Canadian investor and Clinton associate named, Frank Guistra to the Russians. Guistra promised Bill and Hillary $100 million toward the Clinton Foundation in a money laundering scheme, including $31 million already deposited into the Clinton Foundation. The New York Times suggested that Hillary used her Secretary of State position on a White House panel to review and approve the sale, which afterward, an additional $2 million more was donated to the Clinton Foundation by Russian owned Uranium One. Through such bribes and “pay to play” deals with many foreign countries and domestic companies, the Clinton Foundation has amassed $250 million in foreign cash, according to the Wall Street Journal, which also reported that 60 companies, who lobbied Hillary as Secretary of State, also donated $26 million to the Clinton Foundation.

Hillary’s greed and acceptance of bribes is corruption at its worst, placing America in danger while financing the powerful Clinton machine. American uranium, through Russia, is now available to other terrorist nations, including Iran. Thus, the willingness to supply American uranium to terrorist nations during a time of war is an act of treason and a betrayal to the American people.

Now, it is becoming more clear why Hillary was hiding her emails illegally on a private server within her residence and immediately destroyed the server once it was revealed. She was using her position as Secretary of State to launder money into her campaign coffers by the millions. This could also explain why she ignored the calls for assistance from those in Benghazi, leading up to the terrorist attack, which killed four Americans.

No one is above the law. Any person using a position of power and authority and using that position to gain monetary profit, should be in jail, regardless of who that person is. It is illegal, unethical, and corrupt. Hillary has been treated like a queen for too long and now must be prosecuted for these crimes, which no one else in America would get away with.

Article 1 Section 9 of the Untied States Constitution states, “No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.”

“What difference does it make?”, one may ask. It is the difference of becoming an ethical servant of the people or going to jail for bribery, corruption, or acts of treason.

Frank Aquila is president of the South San Joaquin Republicans and author of the book, “Sarah Palin Out of Nowhere”. He can be emailed at mantecarepublicans@yahoo.com

April 12, 2015

The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, granting women equal rights including the right to vote. However, passage of this amendment was not easy as Democrats were against women’s rights. The Republican party’s support of women’s rights goes back to its founding in 1854. For more than 60 year, the Republican party would fight against Democrats, who were against women’s rights. In 1878, a California Republican named A.A. Sargent introduced the 19th Amendment only to see it voted down by a Democrat-controlled Congress. Each year, Republicans would reintroduce the 19th Amendment in Congress, with the Democrats blocking its passage. In 1887, the amendment finally reached the Senate, with Democrats defeating the it 34-16. With the set back, those advocating for women’s rights put pressure on Congress by convincing various state legislatures to pass bills giving women the right to vote. As a result, Republican controlled states including Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Washington and California had granted women rights.

In 1914, Republicans attempted again to grant women equal rights; but again Democrats defeated the amendment. In 1915, another push met defeat. However, things changed in 1918, when President Woodrow Wilson broke a campaign pledge to keep the United States out of the European conflict, resulting in sweeping victories for Republicans in the midterm elections in Congress. With the Republicans in control, they passed the 19th Amendment granting women equal rights, despite Democrat opposition. However, the Democrats were not done trying to defeat the amendment since it had to be ratified by the states. Of the 36 states, nine voted against ratification, which eight were solidly controlled by Democrats. Many of these states refused to ratify the amendment until after 1970.

Today, Hillary Clinton will tout her gender to rally women to support her. Yet, she, herself, has refused to be compassionate towards women, who have been abused and are without rights from other countries. The hypocrisy is formed as Hillary has collected millions in foreign contributions from foreign governments who provide no rights to women, including Saudi Arabia, in an effort to influence our election.

In these foreign countries, where Hillary has accepted campaign contributions, women have no rights, including the right to vote. They can not hold office and are not allowed to speak. Woman have no right to be in the company of a male, who is not family. When a woman, who was recently raped by seven men, sought refuge from another male in his car, she was lashed 500 times. Women who commit adultery are either imprisoned or stoned to death. Recently, a woman, who sought refuge to another country and found with another man, was stoned to death. Women who engage in per-marital sex receive 100 lashes with a whip. Women who bring false charges against men receive 180 lashes, even if the charges are true. Therefore, many women are raped and say nothing in fear of being lashed, imprisoned, or stoned to death.

As Hillary begins her presidential bid, remember that her advertisements are paid by those who oppress and abuse women’s rights while it was the Republicans who fought against the Democrats that gave women the right to vote and Hillary the right to run for president.

Frank Aquila is the president of the South San Joaquin Republicans and author of the book, “Sarah Palin Out of Nowhere”. He can be emailed at mantecarepublicans@yahoo.com

April 4, 2015

Throughout the world, Christians are being persecuted for their faith in Jesus Christ. In Asia, Africa, and throughout the Middle East, Christian men, women and little children have been imprisoned, tormented, or had their bodies beheaded based on their faith in Christ alone. In some Communist nations, Bibles are forbidden. Karl Marxs, who is the face of communism, once stated, “My objective is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism” since Christians relied on God and not government.
In America, Christians are also targeted by those who disagree with the moral standards, laws, and traditions of the Word of God. The IRS purposely targeted Christian and Conservative organizations. For years, the homosexual community has fought against Christianity to present homosexuality as “normal, natural, and healthy.” Homosexuality is forbidden throughout the Bible in both the Old and New Testament, specifically in Leviticus 18:21-22, Leviticus 20:13 and Romans 1:26-27. God once destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Genesis 19:1-13, due to their unnatural and sinful behavior, which is where the term “sodomy” comes from. The apostle Paul, who wrote most of the New Testament, listed homosexuals among “the unrighteous” who would not inherit the kingdom of God , 1 Corinthians 6:9
Over the past decade, the homosexual community fought against Christianity for “acceptance” and labeled those who opposed homosexuality as “intolerant” and “bigots”. The homosexual community pushed for “civil unions” and once they achieved this goal, moved to change God’s definition of marriage between a man and a woman to include homosexuality.
Now the homosexual community is using their power to silence Christianity in America. While the homosexual community can seek out any business, they are purposely seeking out Christian businesses to shut them down. They are forcing Christian businesses to compromise their faith by providing services or face legal litigation.
In Oregon, the owners of “Sweet Cakes by Melissa”, a Christian bakery, were willing to sell cakes to anyone regardless of their sexual orientation. However, they refused to bake a wedding cake for a homosexual ceremony since it went against their Christian beliefs. Instead of finding another bakery, the homosexual couple filed a discrimination lawsuit against the bakery eventually forcing the Christian couple to close its business due to legal proceedings and threats of harm to them and their children.
Shouldn’t Christians have the right, based on their faith, to not participate in a sinful ceremony without facing litigation? Should a Christian filmmaker be forced to make gay porn? Should a black bakery be forced to cater an event for the KKK? Should a Muslim barber be forced to cut the hair of a lesbian?
In a free country, business owners have every right to refuse services to anyone he wants. A government mandating businesses to serve others against their faith or belief is the opposite of freedom. Where is the line drawn between one person’s right and another person’s faith?
As the homosexual community gains more power, the rights of Christians will continue to be attacked. Already preachers are being told they can not speak about homosexuality as a sin in the Bible. In Houston, the lesbian mayor subpoenaed the sermons of pastors, who spoke against homosexuality, to label them as “bigots”. The subpoena was eventually dropped due to a public outcry of intrusion by the government.
Jeran Artery, a gay activist, is pushing for churches that do not support homosexuality to lose their tax exempt status. He wrote, “Churches that lobby to have freedoms and rights taken away from ANYONE should absolutely have their 501(c)3 status revoked!!”
Those that spoke of tolerance for their own rights are intolerant of those who are religious. They want to shut down Christian’s Freedom of Speech and squelch Freedom of Religion by shutting the churches down and silencing Christians.
Jesus warned in John 15:18-19, “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.”
All around the world, Christians are persecuted, insulted, driven out of business, tortured, and beheaded because of their faith.
Those that asked for tolerance have become intolerant against Christians and forget to remember that in America, Christians have rights too.

Frank Aquila is the president of the South San Joaquin Republicans and author of the the book, “Sarah Palin Out of Nowhere”. He can be emailed at mantecarepublicans@yahoo.com